Everyone safe after student yells ‘bomb’ on school bus

SNOHOMISH — No students were hurt after a bomb threat was reported on a Snohomish-area school bus Thursday afternoon.

The threat was reported about 2:20 p.m. on a bus at the intersection of S. Machias Road and Old Machias Road, according to school and police officials. The bus had just left Centennial Middle School and was about a mile away when a student on the bus reportedly yelled “bomb.”

The bus pulled over and was evacuated. Most of the students were put on another bus and taken home about 90 minutes later.